The European Project ‘It’s Bio’ in Dialogue with Roberto Pinton: “Organic Agriculture Provides Public Goods”

Giving value to sustainable production, boosting consumption, investing for a greener world, and promoting agriculture capable of reducing the impact on the climate are some of the fundamental issues that concern the future of our planet as put forward at COP28 . At the same time, agricultural firms are suffering and continue to close due to the compromised climate situation, low income, and rising costs.

At the same time, in 2022 the number of organic producers grew by 10% and that of processing firms by 3.6%: Italy is first in Europe in terms of a number of operators. The surface area on which not even a gram of synthetic chemical substances are now used has in addition went up by 7.5%: we have almost reached 2 million 200 thousand hectares, almost 17% of all Italian agricultural land. Over 9% of cereals, 18% of citrus fruits, 42% of legumes, 12% of fruit, and 18% of olive trees are grown organically.” © It’s Bio And it is in this context that It’s Bio is placed, the project financed by the European Union and Aop Gruppo Vi.Va and intended for consumers in Italy, Belgium, and Greece.

Small but fundamental steps for change and the achievement of the objectives established by the European Green Deal. “To guarantee new generations a liveable environment,” concludes Pinton, “it is necessary to intervene without further delay, with choices that are no longer courageous, but obligatory. We need food and environmental education right from school, we need correct communication campaigns to explain the benefits of organic production, such as the IT’S BIO project that the growers have decided to co-finance.